The dictionary of Dostoevsky's aphorisms, compiled by the writer and philologist A. P. Besperstykh, contains about 1,200 units (more than 420 dictionary entries). In addition to the aphorisms themselves in their classical sense, the collection also includes other reflections of the great writer-prophet and his original figurative expressions. The work of F. M. Dostoevsky is the pinnacle of Russian classical literature. Today it is more relevant than ever, because in his works the brilliant thinker acutely posed the most important problems for humanity: what is the essence and purpose of man and life; what is the nature of good and evil; what is justice, legality and justice.